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  • snout black + long oval yellow spot
    yellow stripe: top of eye to C base, often interrupted before C
    lower dark stripe wide, ends as oval spot on lower C
    pectoral 16
  • snout: yellow V joins side stripes to C
    flank: pale blue stripes above & below thin yellow stripe
    Cayman Is
    mouth distinctly under pointed snout
    top lip not fused to snout
  • snout dark
    pale stripe: thin, eye to C, yellow before white
    juv: complete yellow stripe, snout dark
    mouth opens at front, groove above
    Cayman Is
  • snout usually yellowish
    yellow stripe short (eye to above pectoral)
    mouth a little under snout, top lip separate from snout
  • snout yellow-brown, + narrow yellow bar
    pale stripe: eye to upper C base, narrow, front yellow, white behind
    mouth a little under snout, top lip separate from snout
  • snout: pale V joins 2 pale side stripes to onto C
    pale stripe: white/yellow/blue
    mouth well under sharp snout
  • yellow V across snout, side stripes onto C
    pale stripes widen on rear body
    mouth distinctly under pointed snout
    top lip not joined to snout
  • snout dark/yellowish-grey
    narrow yellow/white stripe: top eye to C base
    lower dark stripe wide, ends as oval spot on lower C
    mouth not under snout, top lip separate from snout
    pectoral 18
  • snout: vertical oval pale spot
    stripe yellow/blue/white, wide, eye to C
    mouth well under sharp snout
    top lip joins snout
  • snout: central yellow bar
    yellow stripe: 2 short sections - through eye & tail
    dark stripe: snout through eye to tail base
    mouth a little under snout
    top lip not fused to snout
  • snout dark
    thin blue stripe in grey stripe - before eye to C
    pectoral 16; pelvic disc long; C 11
    mouth distinctly under snout
    top lip fused to snout
  • snout: v thin white bar
    thin white stripe: upper eye to C
    dark side stripe ends in round blotch on C
    top lip fused to snout
  • snout: yellow spot - transverse oval/round
    pale stripe yellow then blue, over eye to tail base
    dark stripe - > oval spot on C base
    mouth opens at front, top lip not joining snout
    juvenile: snout yellow + spot
  • snout dark
    blue stripe: before eye to ~end C
    no pale grey stripe above blue stripe
    pectoral 17; pelvic disc short; C 13
    dark lower stripe wide, to ~end C
    mouth well under sharp snout
    top lip joined to snout
  • white V on snout joins narrow blue-white stripe to end C
    lower dark stripe wide, extends to end of C
    mouth at front or slightly under snout
  • snout yellow-brown + short narrow yellow bar
    narrow yellow stripe: top eye to C base
    blue stripe: under eye to pectoral base
    lower dark stripe narrow, to C base
    pectoral 17 (16-18)
  • snout: narrow blue-white bar
    side stripe: narrow, silvery-blue, eye to C center, edged with narrow black stripes
    D spines & rays long; A rays long
    mouth a little under snout
    top lip separate from snout
  • snout: narrow yellow bar
    side stripe yellow: top of eye to C base
    Nicaragua
    mouth a little under snout
    top lip separate from snout
  • snout: narrow white bar
    side stripe: narrow, silver-blue, top of eye to C base
    lower black stripe - wide
    mouth a little under snout
    top lip separate from snout
    Providencia Is
  • head, body & fins all dark
    snout: yellow bar
    behind eye: short narrow yellow stripe
  • snout: narrow yellow bar
    side stripe: narrow, yellow, top eye to C base
    lower dark stripe narrow, extends onto C base
    pectoral 19 (18-20)